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Wesley Powell

Wesley Powell
Personal data
Date of birthOctober 13, 1915
Place of birthPortsmouth, New Hampshire
Date of deathJanuary 6, 1981(age 65)
Political partyRepublican
79th Governor of New Hampshire
In office1959 - 1963
Succeeded byJohn W. King
Preceded byLane Dwinell

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Wesley Powell (October 13, 1915 � January 6, 1981) was an American lawyer and Republican politician from Hampton Falls, New Hampshire.

Powell was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He attended schools in Portsmouth before graduating from the University of New Hampshire. He received his law degree from the Southern Methodist College of Law in 1940.

He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II and practiced law in Manchester before his two terms as Governor of New Hampshire from 1959 to 1963.

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Bloomington Pantagraph--Illinois Wesleyan University John -Wesley Powell- Research Conference; 8:30 am to 4 pm, Center for Natural Science Learning and Research, 201 E. Beecher St., Bloomington; 1:30 pm speaker: David Dunn, composer, natural-science resea - Date : Fri, 08 Apr 2011 00:56:32 GMT+00:00
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Political offices
Preceded by
Lane Dwinell
Governor of New Hampshire
1959 - 1963
Succeeded by
John W. King

Governors of New Hampshire

Weare * Langdon * Sullivan * Langdon * Sullivan * J. Bartlett * Gilman * Langdon * J. Smith * Langdon * Plumer * Gilman * Plumer * S. Bell * Woodbury * Morril * Pierce * J. Bell * Pierce * Harvey * Dinsmoor * Badger * Hill * Page * Hubbard * Steele * Colby * Williams * Dinsmoor Jr. * Martin * Baker * Metcalf * Haile * Goodwin * Berry * Gilmore * Smyth * Harriman * Stearns * Weston * Straw * Weston * Cheney * Prescott * Head * C. Bell * Hale * Currier * Sawyer * Goodell * Tuttle * J. B. Smith * Busiel * Ramsdell * Rollins * Jordan * Bachelder * McLane * Floyd * Quinby * Bass * Felker * R. Spaulding * Keyes * J. H. Bartlett * A. Brown * F. Brown * Winant * H. Spaulding * Tobey * Winant * Bridges * Murphy * Blood * Dale * Adams * H. Gregg * Dwinell * Powell * King * Peterson * Thomson * Gallen * Roy * Sununu * J. Gregg * Merrill * Shaheen * Benson * Lynch

Chairs of the National Governors Association

Willson * McGovern * Walsh * Spry * Capper * Harrington * Allen * Sproul * Cox * Trinkle * Brewster * McMullen * Dern * Case * Pollard * Rolph * McNutt * Peery * Cochran * Stark * Vanderbilt * Stassen * O'Conor * Saltonstall * Maw * Martin * Caldwell * Hildreth * Hunt * Lane * Carlson * Lausche * Peterson * Shivers * Thornton * Kennon * Langlie * Stanley * Stratton * Collins * Boggs * McNichols * Powell * Rosellini * Anderson * Sawyer * Reed * Guy * Volpe * Ellington * Love * Hearnes * Moore * Mandel * Evans * Rampton * Ray * Andrus * Askew * Milliken * Carroll * Bowen * Busbee * Snelling * Matheson * J. Thompson * Carlin * Alexander * Clinton * Sununu * Baliles * Branstad * Gardner * Ashcroft * Romer * Campbell * Dean * T. Thompson * Miller * Voinovich * Carper * Leavitt * Glendening * Engler * Patton * Kempthorne * Warner * Huckabee * Napolitano * Pawlenty * Rendell * Douglas * Manchin



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